The Call Building, San Francisco, California, circa 1905

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Artifact Overview

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of the San Francisco Call Building (now Central Tower). The building was home of the San Francisco Call newspaper--before it was gutted by fire following the city's 1906 earthquake.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1905

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.011642

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9.188 in
Width: 7 in